Newshub Attempts use Luxon's Clean Cars Flubs to Defend Principals from Truancy Failures
November 17, 2022
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But he did try to clean up a clean car mess he also made on AM.
“We would keep the Clean Car Discount and make sure we have low-emissions cars coming in,” Luxon said.
That’s a big old U-turn. National has been very, very opposed to the Clean Car Discount scheme - or what they call the ‘ute tax’.
But Luxon is walking that back.
“I misspoke this morning. What I meant was we’re gonna keep the Clean Car Standard,” he said.
However, National’s supposed to be opposed to that too. Now the party is saying it’ll have a standard - just a different one to the Government.
“U-turn on a U-turn on a U-turn,” said acting Prime Minister Grant Robertson. “The first politician to complete a policy doughnut in history.”
Luxon claimed he “totally” understood his party’s climate policy.
But a lesson for Luxon - do your own homework before you go criticising principals for not getting kids to do theirs.